Playing-Card Case
1870-1900 (made)
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It is impossible to attribute the origin of this case to any one place due to its lack of marks. Its Neo-classical ornament suggests it was possibly made in the mid-1870s, when this style reached the height of fashion, but it could nevertheless have been later.
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gold chased, applied, and engraved |
| Brief description | Gold case for carrying cards; Europe, possibly Switzerland, 1870-1900 |
| Physical description | Rectangular playing-card case of varicoloured gold, the cover applied with playing cards, dice and counters within a border of strapwork and flowers, the rim of the lid chased with a Vitruvian scroll border. On the front is a figure of Fortune wihtin an oval reserve, with swags above and laurel below, all on a matted ground; the back bears a reserve with the monogram PLH (?) beneath a count's coronet, similarly bordered; the sides are chased with flutes and borders of ribbon; inside is a central dividing panel. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: The Property of a European Collector, sale, Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 119. S.J.Phillips, London, 1995. |
| Production | Made in Western Europe. |
| Summary | It is impossible to attribute the origin of this case to any one place due to its lack of marks. Its Neo-classical ornament suggests it was possibly made in the mid-1870s, when this style reached the height of fashion, but it could nevertheless have been later. Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Truman, Charles.The Gilbert collection of gold boxes, volume II, London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1999, cat. no. 66, p. 102. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.522:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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